Our Programs

We host pool sessions year-round at the Hood River Aquatic Center. This is an opportunity for kids who have never kayaked before or are still working on their roll to practice their skills. Roll instructors are present at the pool sessions and will work with kids on the skills of their choice. We ask new paddlers to attend a roll session before joining our river paddles. Kids of all ages are welcome.

One evening per week during the summer, we paddle down the Lower White Salmon. We meet at in the parking lot across from Wet Planet Whitewater in Husum, WA. Please wait to put on the river until we have done our group orientation and safety talk. We take out at Northwestern Park. Please pick your child up at the park. We require a confident pool roll, all proper equipment, and attendance at one of our roll sessions (unless permission is granted prior to the event by a lead volunteer). If you do not own the appropriate river equipment or you are not sure what is required, please read more in our gear section below.

We require all children to have a helmet, PFD (personal floatation device), spray skirt, closed toed river shoes, paddle, kayak, and appropriate layering/dry wear to join us for river paddles. Appropriated layering means no cotton clothing and a fleece or synthetic layer under dry wear. Appropriate dry wear means either a wetsuit and splash top/dry top, a dry top, or a dry suit.

For pool sessions we require all children to have a skirt, kayak, and paddle. A PFD is not required, but it is recommended.

If you do not have the appropriate gear and you would like to borrow ours please fill out the form below and submit it by noon on the day of the event. Gear requests submitted after noon on the day of the event may not be received.